Tuberculosis Flashcards
What is Tuberculosis?
a major 20th-century killer, long-term epidemic
mycobacterium tuberculosis can affect any organ
spread through close conditions due to poor ventilation and bad air pollution did not help
can be acute or latent
Symptoms: shortness of breath, blood filed phlegm, paleness, a belief that it was passed down genetically
what is mycobacterium bovis?
spread from cattle to humans in the Americas through food contamination.
TB tie to culture
some thought that it was a psychological disorder
looking pale and blush was fashionable, people liked the way the symptoms looked
how did cases of TB decline?
cases declined due to improvement of nutrition and the creation of antibiotics
peple moved out of cities
TB in indigenous communities
it came with the fur trade and affected people under 20
bison were going extinct, so there was a lack of food and nutrition
Indigenous people were confined to their reserves, no support from the government
Cases were high in residential schools because there was poor sanitation and many kids close together.
an idea that schools were safer than homes
Who was Peter H. Bryce?
Government health officer responsible for Indigenous relations
he advocated for the Gov. to help stop the spread of TB, publishing a national crime incident when they chose to ignore the problem, saying it was too costly
